No Thanksgiving would be complete without some family drama, so we consulted top cocktail experts for 10 liquid prescriptions for whatever ails your clan—recipes included...

Served straight-up in a martini glass and garnished with fresh grapes, this no-fuss cocktail is made a standout by a final mist of absinthe that tickles the nose and awakens the palate....

This pretty-in-pink punch is a festive and delicious way to kick-off any celebration.

We're name-checking, noshing, and getting in the mood for the Oscars

Think of this tribute to Ted Williams, the last major leaguer to hit .400, as a frozen rope of a cocktail.

Happy birthday Leonard Cohen: singer-songwriter, poet-philosopher, and the inspiration for this twist on the King Cole cocktail.

This Dale DeGroff original recipe shows off bourbon’s charms beautifully.

Violet-scented cocktails such as The Aviation, once fairly common, almost disappeared 50 years ago. Newly available violet liqueurs are helping to bring them back.

The historians, anthropologists, writers, and chefs at this year’s Oxford Symposium on Food & Cookery can get The Last Word (if not the last word).

The Varnish, a proto-speakeasy hidden at the back of the century-old sandwich shop Cole’s, is the center of the Los Angeles cocktail cult.